Asia Society Texas works with high school and university interns each semester through our Regions Bank Young Leaders Internship program. Under this program, we have partnered with various high schools and universities in the Greater Houston area to provide opportunities for students to engage with the broad swath of programs offered by Asia Society and learn more about nonprofit operations. Interns have worked in program development, research and curriculum-writing, outreach efforts, accounting and finance, and more. Through their time with Asia Society Texas, interns learn more about Asian art, history, and culture while gaining direct experience in a professional environment.

We'd like to shine a spotlight on one of our high school interns Jeremy Chen, from The Post Oak High School, who works with our Business and Policy department.

Learn a little more about Jeremy and his internship experience below!

Quick Facts

Name: Jeremy Chen
School: The Post Oak High School
Internship Duration: Spring 2022
Favorite project you’ve worked on during your internship: My favorite project I’ve worked on has to be researching speakers for the Young Leaders Institute. It felt great to help contribute to creating the next generation of leaders in our community.
Most interesting thing you’ve learned during your internship: It was interesting to see and participate a little in organizing events for Asian Society and it’s something that I don’t see often.

Reflection

I interned with Asia Society Texas as I have always been interested in Asian culture, having lived in Asia for a good chunk of my life. When I first moved to Houston a few years ago, I did not know that there was an Asia Society at all in America. My interest was piqued and after I visited it once during a school trip, I knew that I had to intern here at my first opportunity. My goal when I interned at Asia Society was to get a feel of how it would be like to work in an actual working environment and interning in the Business and Policy department gave me a lot of insight into what it would be like.

One of the things that I worked on during my internship was researching speakers for the Young Leaders Institute camp during the summer. This gave me a lot of insight behind how Asia Society finds speakers for their events and camps and it helped me better understand how to effectively do research on the Internet.

Business and Policy programs are endowed by Huffington Foundation. We give special thanks to Bank of America, Muffet Blake, Anne and Albert Chao, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Nancy Pollok Guinee, and United Airlines, Presenting Sponsors of Business and Policy programs; Nancy C. Allen, Chinhui Juhn and Eddie Allen, and Leslie and Brad Bucher, Presenting Sponsors of Exhibitions; AARP, Sterling Turner Foundation, and Wells Fargo, Presenting Sponsors of Education & Outreach; Syamal and Susmita Poddar, Presenting Sponsors of Performing Arts & Culture; Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas), Sponsor of the Japan Series; and Regions Bank, Title Sponsor for the internship program. General support of programs and exhibitions is provided by The Brown Foundation, Inc., Houston Endowment, Inc., the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance, McKinsey & Company, Inc., National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, and Vinson & Elkins LLP, as well as Friends of Asia Society.

Title Sponsor for Internship Program

About Asia Society Texas

Asia Society Texas believes in the strength and beauty of diverse perspectives and people. As an educational institution, we advance cultural exchange by celebrating the vibrant diversity of Asia, inspiring empathy, and fostering a better understanding of our interconnected world. Spanning the fields of arts, business, culture, education, and policy, our programming is rooted in the educational and cultural development of our community — trusting in the power of art, dialogue, and ideas to combat bias and build a more inclusive society.